Paradise Lane: a powerful and deeply moving saga set in Lancashire from bestselling author Ruth Hamilton that will stay with you forever
Jun 2011 · Random House
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This dramatic, heart-wrenching and emotional saga full of twists and turns, leading up to a violent and terrible climax, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is a must - read for fans of Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.
"I believe that Ruth Hamilton is very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they just rip along; laughs, weeps, love, they've got the lot, and they're quality writing as well" -- SARAH BROADHURST, RADIO FOUR
'Couldn't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review
'Loved every last word.' -- ***** Reader review
'The book captures you from the first page.' -- ***** Reader review
'Ruth Hamilton never fails to get my attention from the first page.' -- ***** Reader review
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WILL LOVE BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT HER?
There were only four houses in Paradise Lane, and young Sally Crumpsall lives at No.1. With a father too ill to care for her, and a mother who is to abandon her, she leads a ragged and lonely existence.
When - finally - both mother and father have gone, the kindly inhabitants of the Lane, with the help of Ivy, Sally's old and stubbornly aggressive grandmother, decide to raise Sally as best they could.
But Paradise Lane is built in the shadow of Paradise Mill - and Andrew Worthington, owner of the mill, looms menacingly over the lives of everyone about him. A corrupt, evil and greedy man, he has totally destroyed his own family, and soon his venom is directed towards Ivy, her friends in Paradise Lane, and finally even young Sally...
Only the combined efforts of all who love the young girl will be enough to save her...
"I believe that Ruth Hamilton is very much the successor to Catherine Cookson. Her books are plot driven, they just rip along; laughs, weeps, love, they've got the lot, and they're quality writing as well" -- SARAH BROADHURST, RADIO FOUR
'Couldn't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review
'Loved every last word.' -- ***** Reader review
'The book captures you from the first page.' -- ***** Reader review
'Ruth Hamilton never fails to get my attention from the first page.' -- ***** Reader review
****************************************************
WILL LOVE BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT HER?
There were only four houses in Paradise Lane, and young Sally Crumpsall lives at No.1. With a father too ill to care for her, and a mother who is to abandon her, she leads a ragged and lonely existence.
When - finally - both mother and father have gone, the kindly inhabitants of the Lane, with the help of Ivy, Sally's old and stubbornly aggressive grandmother, decide to raise Sally as best they could.
But Paradise Lane is built in the shadow of Paradise Mill - and Andrew Worthington, owner of the mill, looms menacingly over the lives of everyone about him. A corrupt, evil and greedy man, he has totally destroyed his own family, and soon his venom is directed towards Ivy, her friends in Paradise Lane, and finally even young Sally...
Only the combined efforts of all who love the young girl will be enough to save her...
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About the author
Ruth Hamilton is the bestselling author of A Whisper to the Living, With Love From Ma Maguire, Nest of Sorrows, Billy London's Girls, Spinning Jenny, The September Starlings, A Crooked Mile, Paradise Lane, The Bells of Scotland Road, The Dream Sellers, The Corner House, Miss Honoria West, Mulligan's Yard, Saturday's Child, Matthew and Son and Chandler's Green. She has become one of the north-west of England's most popular writers. Ruth Hamilton was born in Bolton, which is the setting for many of her novels, and has spent most of her life in Lancashire. She now lives in Liverpool.
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